Punta Gorda man arrested for sexual battery

A Punta Gorda man was arrested for sexual battery and false imprisonment Saturday.

Punta Gorda Police responded to a home on Burland Street at around 2:00 p.m.

The woman told police that she had been sexually assaulted and held against her will earlier at about 3:00 a.m.

Police say the victim's boyfriend, Nanji Ware, 37, allegedly forced the woman to have sex with him and violently threw her to the ground and assaulted her when she refused.

Woman told police Ware threatened her when she tried to escape.

The woman left and called 911 shortly after 2:00 p.m. when Ware left the house.

After further investigation, police found Ware at the intersection of Cooper Street and Myrtle Street later in the afternoon.

Ware, who was released from prison late, last year on an unrelated violent crime, was charged with Sexual Battery and False Imprisonment, and he is currently being held at the Charlotte County Jail with no bond.